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Feeding the World's Hungry: Fostering an Efficient and Responsive Food Access Pipeline
The 2008 global financial crisis left people with less money to feed their families and institution
s with fewer resources to help. At the time of the lab, hunger impacted 1B people, 65% of whom were concentrated in seven countries. Despite t
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(Re)inventing Israel's Capital Markets: Financing the Transition from Startup Nation to Global Nation
By 2013, Israel’s IPO market had collapsed and 95 percent of start-ups were being sold to foreign e
ntities. These conditions put at risk the future of local capital investment and overall economic growth in Israel.
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Cultural Heritage as an Economic Resource in Israel
The Milken Institute organized a Financial Innovations Lab in Jerusalem in December 2009.
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Financing the Control of Tuberculosis
As of 2015, roughly one third of the world’s population, mostly in poorer countries, carried tuberc
ulosis bacteria in their system. Given the characteristics of airborne diseases like tuberculosis, coordination among national and international age
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Toward Affordable Housing in Israel
Dramatic price increases in Israel’s housing market prior to 2013 had outpaced the rise in average
household income, leaving working families with limited options.
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Unleashing the Power of the Bio-Economy
In April 2012, the Milken Institute, with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hosted a
Financial Innovations Lab on ideas to spur the industrial side of bio-based alternatives to petrochemicals.
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New Models for Financing Vaccination Programs in Southeast Asia
After years of economic growth, Indonesia had begun to transition from donor-based funding for vacc
ination programs to internal government budgetary allocations.
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Investing in Transportation Infrastructure in the Philippines
The Philippines ranked 112th among 138 countries studied for quality of infrastructure, well behind
many of its Southeast Asian neighbors.
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Best Practices of Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Case for The Philippines
Many nations create sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to invest surplus assets in a diversified portfol
io approach to achieve national policy goals, hedge against economic risk, and benefit successive generations.
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Financing Models to Expand Access to Electric Vehicles in California
California accelerated the adoption rate of electric vehicles (EVs) through rebates and other opera
tional incentives. However, due to socioeconomic lifestyle burdens, disadvantaged communities have not had full access to these efforts.
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Financing Urban Resiliency: Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan
Cities across the US, particularly those along the coasts, are facing mounting threats from climate
change and sea-level rise. In New York City, Lower Manhattan was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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Public-Private Infrastructure Financing Solutions
Infrastructure is the backbone of a nation’s economic prosperity and crucial for growth.